3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pleasant IPA. The kind of nice, hops-driven beer to get you through a night with friends or a good basketball game. A rare Colorado treat.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
White frothy head medium carbonation yellow gold pour aromas pine floral fruit caramel with flavours piney resin strong ibu sweet maltiness caramel grapefruit bitter is like the taste of a pip good hop imput to this ipa finish pine hop fruit sweet malt big lasting ibu taste
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
a little light colored for an ipa, more yellow than a dark amber or orange. Typical american hops aroma, lots of grapefruit, and citrus, with some pine. A nice amount of malt to balance in the flavour. A good IPA.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a few floaters. I poured it gentle so as to avoid most of the floaters, so the head is minimal. Nose is malt and wet grain. Maybe I have an older bottle and the hops have died down, but this is a really mild IPA hops wise. Slight lingering bitter aftertaste. Decent mouth feel. I’ll give it another try down the road and rerate if needed.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Poured a oily, fizzy orange amber from the bottle with a fizzy white head. The first aroma was strongly hoppy, overwhleming almost. The aroma then mellowed to an inviting citrus, hop and pine aroma. Initial flavor was bitter and the bitterness continued to the back of the palate. The overall flavor had a mouth watering citrus element to it that make me want to keep drinking. I thought this was very enjoyable, good session beer.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Good beer. Overpowering with american hops. Very hoppy taste. Light yellow in color with a nice head. Full bodied beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Deep golden, creamy off white head. Initial grapefruit aromas get followed up quickly with notes of earth, caramel, and lesser notes of pine. Had an almost 60 Min IPA nose to it. Well hopped flavors up front with no real bitterness to speak of, soft sweet caramel backbone rounds it out. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, bitter-sweet, drying finish. Drinkable for sure, but definitely not a top notch IPA...
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours a light golden-orange coloured body with a large frothy white head slowly receding leaving lace sheets. Beautiful IPA aroma - tons of orange citrus oil and doughy bread. Big hoppy bite up front...sharp and piney for the most part with an underlying creaminess. Long and chewy bitter finish. A solid IPA!
Purchased at Bello Vino in Ann Arbor in April 2006.
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